Evaluation of dental compensation in various skeletal malocclusions: A cephalometric study

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the dental compensation in Class I, Class II and Class III skeletal malocclusion. Materials and Methods: The retrospective study included lateral cephalograms of 60 Skeletal malocclusion in which subjects divided into three groups with 20 subjects in each group i.e. Class I, Class II and Class III respectively. The angular measurements using 10 variables were used to determine the relationship between the cranial base and mandible in subjects. Statistical analyses were performed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 24.0. Armonk, NY: IBM Corp. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to compare the groups and a p-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: There was a significantly stronger correlation between anterior-posterior skeletal relation and maxillary alveolar bone compensation in skeletal class I, II, and III malocclusion. Conclusion:  There may be a relationship between alveolar bone changes and skeletal anteroposterior and vertical position, inclination and interincisal relationship.